Washable corset and steel therefor.



Y. SAYNISCH. WASHABLE CORSET AND STEEL THEREFOR.

APPLICATION FILED MA'Y 3 1917.

Patented Mar. 5, 1918.

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WASHABLE CORSET AND STEEL THEREFOR.

Specication of Letters Patent. Patented ltIal. 5, 1918.

Application filed May 3, 1917. Serial No. 166,075.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, YOLE SAYNISCH, a subjectof the King of Italy, and resident of New York, in the county of NewYork and State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Vashable Corsets and Steels Therefor, of which thefollowing is a specication.V

My invention relates to washable corsets and steels for the same.

It relates particularly to a corset from which the steels can beremoved, thereby permitting the corset to be laundried, like anyordinary garment. It is well known that corsets become unwearable onaccount of the dirt and perspiration adhering thereto, long before theyare wornout.

It is the object of my invention to remedy this defect, and, by makingthe steels removable, provide a corset that shall cost but a little morethan the ordinary ones and outlast many times the usual construction,while complying with all the requirements of sanitation.

To carry out the invention, I provide the corset at the points where thesteels are located with pockets which entend lengthwise of corset at thefront, sides and back, and I combine with the pockets corset steelsadapted to fit therein and removably engage certain portions of thecorset fabric.

In the drawings accompanying and forming part of this specificationFigure l shows in elevation a corset pro vided at the front, sides andback with my removable steels;

Figs. 2 and 3 are fragmentary views of the front of the corset with thesteels in place. a portion being broken away in FigB 2 to show therelation of the engaging means to the fabric;

Fig. 4 is a similar back View showing a modification of holding thesteels;

Fig. 5 shows the steel of Fig. 4 in process of being inserted into thepocket;

Fig. 6 is a similar view of the steel of Fig. 3;

Figs. 7, 8, and 9 are sections on the lines a--a, o o, and c-crespectively, looking in the direction of the arrows;

Fig. 10 shows a portion of the steel with the clip, or hook attachment;

Fig. 11 is a top view of a modication of the steel shown in Fig. 4, and

Fig. 12A shows the clip attached to the edge of the' steel, therebyacting as a hook.

There are two essential parts involved in my invention, the corsetfabric properly fashioned and the steel adapted for use therewith.

I form the corset with the front, side and back pockets open at the top,and along the l outer edge of the front and back pockets I run a strongseam, leaving at predetermined intervals openings to receive and holdthe projecting and fastening devices, fashioned integral with orattached to the steels.

The steels are fashioned generally like those shown in my U. S. PatentNo. 1,171,256, and in my U. S. application SenNo. 155,867. Thedevices-shown in each of these documents are perfectly practicable anduseful( and can be advantageously used astherein set forth. Y A

rhe present application is,y however, the result. of long experiment andcareful elimination of complications, so that I now have a steel inwhich there are no moving'parts, that might possibly stick or work hard.

Referring to the drawings 1 is the corset fabric provided with front,back and Y side pockets opening at the top; 2 are the front pockets, 3,the back and 4 the side pockets. The front and back pockets are.provided on their outer edges with a stout seam 5 having at intervalsopenings adapted to receive and hold projections attached to the steels.A strip 7 is fastened to the fabric near the seam 5 and serves also forengaging with the fastening devices of the steels. A. flap 8 is providedon the corset fabric adjacent to the edge of each corset part to protectthe wearer from the projections on the steels. The corset may have oromit the outside flap 81.

The steels, as stated above, are Vconstructed like those in my U. S.patent and application mentioned. but vary therefrom in essentialmodification of the fastening devices. 9 is the steel body provided withthe ordinary engaging features 10, which are provided with a dependingportion 11. leaving a notch 121 (seen clearly in Figs. 5 and (i), whichis adapted to engage the seam 5 and prevent the steel from movingbackward or downward. These engaging devices, like the others mentioned,may, of course, be made integral with or fastened to the. steels in anywell known manner. Attached to the outer edge of the steels'near thetop, or at any desired point thereon, are clips, or hooks 12 which passthrough the openings in the seam 5 and engage both sides of the strip 7.or some other part of the fabric, when the clip or hook is situated onsome other part of the steel than the top. The clip or hook l2 may bemade of `material that is unyielding or it may be of a spring;T nature.This clip or hook is one essential. feature of the invention, and ispreferable generally to the pivoted device shown in my otherapplications. It is much smaller and more comfortable for the wearer. Amodified construction of the engaging devices is shown in the steels ofFigs. 4e, 5 and ll. These steels are provided, instead of with the. clipor hook, with one or more headed pins 13, attached to the edge of thesteel or, at the same time to the face thereof, at the top or at anydesired point, and engaging openings are provided in the seam 5, or atany desired points on the fabric of the pockets. The pins may be usedinstead of the clip or hook 12, as shown in Fig. l.

The manner of manipulating the corset and steels is easily understoodfrom the drawings. To insert the. steel into the pockets, it is pushedback in the pocket so that the projections 10 may clear the seam 5, andwhen the projections 1Q, and the clip l2, or the pins 13 have comeopposite the openings 6 on the seam, the steel is pushed forward andthen downward, by which movements the notch 121 engages the seam 5, andthe clip or hook is engaged by pushing the ap 7 below the hook or pinsthrough the opening. Movement in a vertical or backward direction isthereby prevented.

Having thus fully described and illustrated my invention, what I claim,is i o l. A washable corset fabric provided on its abutting edges withpockets opening at the top and bounded by inner and outer seams,said'pockets having in their outei` seam, openings at predeterminedintervals, in combination with a corset steel having' the usual closuredevices adapted to fit through the seam openings, and provided near thetop of the steel with a clip fastening attached to the edge of the steeland adapted to engage a portion of the corset seam and coperate with theclosure devices in maintaining the steel in position.

2. A washable corset fabric provided on its abutting edges with pocketsopening at the top and bounded by inner and outer seams, said pocketshaving in their outer seam, openings at predetermined intervals incombination with a corset steel having the usual closure devices adaptedto fit through the searn openings, and engage the edge thereof, thesteel being provided with a clip located at any desired point on thesteel edge and adapted to engage the corset seam and cooperate with theclosure devices and hold the steel in position.

Signed at New York in the county of New York and State of New York this30th day of April A. D. 1917.

YoLE sAYNIscH.

Witnesses:

L. E. DANIELS, A. S'rnTsoN.

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